Granite Mountains (northern San Bernardino County, California)

The hills east-southeast of Granite Pass, their highest elevation 4,524 ft (1,379 m), extending another 5.6 mi (9.0 km) to 35°24′59.56″N 116°28′5.33″W / 35.4165444°N 116.4681472°W / 35.4165444; -116.4681472 are not named on the USGS topographic maps, and are not included in the points given for these mountains in the Geographic Names Information System.

[1] However, these hills are included as part of this range on page 58 of an official US Army Corps of Engineers report[2] and in maps published online by San Bernardino County.

[11][12] It is shown in pink in the figure in the Faults of Southern California Mojave Region.

arborescens (Mojave indigo-bush),[2] Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (silver cholla), many cacti, Yucca schidigera (Spanish bayonet), and species of Brickellia, Ericameria, Ephedra, and Encelia.

[14] Surveys at springs reported Amaranthus fimbriatus (fringed amaranth), Ambrosia dumosa (white bursage), Amsinckia tessellata (bristly fiddleneck), Atriplex canescens (four-wing saltbush), Bromus madritensis (compact brome), Coleogyne ramosissima (blackbrush), Cucurbita palmata (coyote melon), Descurainia pinnata (western tansymustard), Distichlis spicata (saltgrass), Encelia farinosa (brittlebush), Ephedra nevadensis (Mormon tea), Ericameria cooperi (Coopers's goldenbush), Eriogonum fasciculatum (California buckwheat), Eriogonum panamintense (Panamint Mountain buckwheat), Gutierrezia microcephala (threadleaf snakeweed), Larrea tridentata (creosote bush), Lycium andersonii (water-jacket), Nicotiana obtusifolia (desert tobacco), Phacelia crenulata (notch-leaf scorpion-weed), Polypogon monspeliensis (annual beard-grass), Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood), Prunus fasciculata (wild almond), Purshia tridentata (bitterbrush), Salazaria mexicana (bladder sage ), Salix gooddingii (Goodding's willow), and Typha latifolia (cattail).